>----- Forwarded for Kathy Klimkiewicz/BRD/USGS/DOI on 01/03/2006 
>10:12 AM -----
>It is probably a racoon but could be an early morning squirrel. I 
>have had problems with both. Suggest hanging suet cage with a chain 
>attached to a cinderblook from bottom of cage to ground. Don't use 
>rope as the racoon will chew through it. This worked well for me at 
>Piscataway and Patuxent. Good luck.
>
>Cheers,
>Kathy
>
>Kathy Klimkiewicz, Biologist
>USGS Patuxent WRC BBL
>12100 Beech Forest RD STE 4037
>Laurel MD 20708-4037
>301-497-5795 work
>Fax 301-497-5717
>
>(will change to  soon)
>www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato